Arlington vs Berlin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Berlin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$2302
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$5175
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$1280
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$2205
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$553
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$315
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$3706
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	90	100
😀 Quality of life	78	95
🏙️ Population	394K	3.78M

The cost of living in Arlington is 17% less expensive than in Berlin. Cities ranked 2397th and 1275th ($1907 vs $2302) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 2nd in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.6 months in Berlin. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Berlin ranked 7th in Germany, while ranked 894th and 35th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Berlin

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	Arlington	Berlin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$5.17
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$4.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$3.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$1324
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$952
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$2341
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$1711
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$208
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$46.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$8913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$6080
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$4.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$69.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$29.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$2.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$4.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$2.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$7.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$2.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$35.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$15.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$68.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$22.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$97.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$135
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$10963

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1931
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1930
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1921
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1889
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1920
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1896
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1895
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1878
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1816
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1853
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1859
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1846
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1846
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1698
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1857
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1557
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1493
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1382
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1483
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1490
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1488
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1597
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1543
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1464
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1473
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1240
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1467
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1121
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474